diff --git a/extensions/configuration-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/configuration-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index bc057c55878..9660f58180a 100644
--- a/extensions/configuration-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/configuration-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/configuration-editing/tsconfig.json b/extensions/configuration-editing/tsconfig.json
index 3fd4b7cd117..8fe6c19e8cc 100644
--- a/extensions/configuration-editing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/configuration-editing/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@
 		"lib": [
 			"es2015"
 		],
-		"strictNullChecks": true
+		"strictNullChecks": true,
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
 	]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/extension-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/extension-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index bc057c55878..216911a680e 100644
--- a/extensions/extension-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/extension-editing/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
diff --git a/extensions/extension-editing/tsconfig.json b/extensions/extension-editing/tsconfig.json
index 90ac01c2d39..1f4a5a743af 100644
--- a/extensions/extension-editing/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/extension-editing/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 			"es2015"
 		],
 		"module": "commonjs",
-		"outDir": "./out"
+		"outDir": "./out",
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/typings/refs.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/typings/refs.d.ts
index 954bab971e3..5e95d7a766e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/typings/refs.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/typings/refs.d.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.proposed.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/git/tsconfig.json b/extensions/git/tsconfig.json
index bed30f8826c..77471cf3a6c 100644
--- a/extensions/git/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/git/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 		"module": "commonjs",
 		"outDir": "./out",
 		"strictNullChecks": true,
-		"experimentalDecorators": true
+		"experimentalDecorators": true,
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
diff --git a/extensions/javascript/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/javascript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index bc057c55878..9660f58180a 100644
--- a/extensions/javascript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/javascript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/javascript/tsconfig.json b/extensions/javascript/tsconfig.json
index 551261ed46d..15ec75fbe49 100644
--- a/extensions/javascript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/javascript/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 		"outDir": "./out",
 		"lib": [
 			"es2015"
+		],
+		"types": [
+			"node"
 		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/markdown/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index bc057c55878..9660f58180a 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/markdown/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/markdown/tsconfig.json b/extensions/markdown/tsconfig.json
index 7e8097e8fb4..7dcf0a0250c 100644
--- a/extensions/markdown/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/markdown/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 		"noImplicitAny": true,
 		"noImplicitReturns": true,
 		"noUnusedLocals": true,
-		"noUnusedParameters": true
+		"noUnusedParameters": true,
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
diff --git a/extensions/php/src/typings/refs.d.ts b/extensions/php/src/typings/refs.d.ts
index bc057c55878..9660f58180a 100644
--- a/extensions/php/src/typings/refs.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/php/src/typings/refs.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/php/tsconfig.json b/extensions/php/tsconfig.json
index 90ac01c2d39..1f4a5a743af 100644
--- a/extensions/php/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/php/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@
 			"es2015"
 		],
 		"module": "commonjs",
-		"outDir": "./out"
+		"outDir": "./out",
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index bc057c55878..9660f58180a 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/typescript/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /// <reference path='../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json b/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
index 2e44abefad4..c698f6c2cd8 100644
--- a/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
 		"noImplicitAny": true,
 		"noImplicitReturns": true,
 		"noUnusedLocals": true,
-		"noUnusedParameters": true
+		"noUnusedParameters": true,
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules",
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts
index 88a4b528289..f72e30c116d 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 /// <reference path="../../../../src/vs/vscode.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path='../../node_modules/@types/mocha/index.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
+
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/tsconfig.json b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/tsconfig.json
index 620857bb06f..24088312b1d 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-api-tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode-api-tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 			"es2015"
 		],
 		"sourceMap": true,
-		"strictNullChecks": true
+		"strictNullChecks": true,
+		"types": [
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b5848321017..00000000000
--- a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/src/typings/ref.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *  Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
- *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
- *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
-/// <reference path='../../node_modules/@types/mocha/index.d.ts'/>
-/// <reference types='@types/node'/>
diff --git a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/tsconfig.json b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/tsconfig.json
index 099a940aa2e..114e199c1e9 100644
--- a/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/extensions/vscode-colorize-tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,11 @@
 		"lib": [
 			"es2015"
 		],
-		"sourceMap": true
+		"sourceMap": true,
+		"types": [
+			"mocha",
+			"node"
+		]
 	},
 	"exclude": [
 		"node_modules"